Davis Wade Stadium

Davis Wade Stadium is the home playing venue for the Mississippi State Bulldogs football team. Located in Starkville, Mississippi, the stadium has a capacity of 55,082. It was built in 1914 as Scott Field and was named for Don Magruder Scott, an Olympic sprinter and one of the Mississippi State University's first football stars.

Facts About Davis Wade Stadium

• The name of the playing surface is still Scott Field. It is the second oldest Division I-A college football stadium.



• The next expansion will likely include a new video board and the bowling in of the north endzone. This expansion will likely add 10,000 seats and 1000 more clublevel seats, possibly raising capacity to the 67,000 range. It is likely this expansion will take place before the 2011 season.



• A large donation from Floyd Davis Wade Sr., of Meridian, Miss. was instrumental in making the expansion possible and the stadium was renamed in his honor.



• The first college football game played post 9-11 was in this stadium between Mississippi State and the South Carolina Gamecocks on September 20, 2001, and broadcast on ESPN.

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